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ECO TIP: TREATED WOOD WASTE
Eco-tip: How would you treat treated wood? Relaxed rules expire next month David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star “Why can’t every manufactured product just be non-toxic?” I am sometimes asked this question by people calling to find out about household hazardous waste collection events. Treated wood provides a good example of the complexities of…
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – DO GREEN FEATURES SELL HOUSES
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | DO “GREEN” FEATURES HELP SELL HOUSES? Nov 4, 2020| David Goldstein, Eye on the Environment by David Goldstein, VC PWA, IWMD Realtors are known for using certain terms to describe homes, and those terms sometimes can have an unexpected meaning. For example, as readynest.com points out, if a realtor describes a home…
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – TRACKING TOXINS AND TALKING TRANSITIONS
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | TRACKING TOXINS AND TALKING TRANSITIONS Oct 28, 2020 | David Goldstein, Eye on the Environment California is getting serious about tracking toxins in personal care products. by David Goldstein This year, the California legislature passed chemical “right to know” legislation, requiring disclosures of ingredients in cosmetics and menstrual products. Previously, some ingredients could…
Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement
Bilingual report — Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement by Community Contributor • October 21, 2020 • Comments Off on Bilingual report — Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement By Melinda Larson • Naval Base Ventura County Public Affairs Office VENTURA — An intergovernmental support agreement (IGSA) on Oct. 21 signed by Naval Base…
KVTA News and Glenn Shephard
October 14, 2020 KVTA Interview with Tom Spence and VCPWA Watershed Protection Director Glenn Shephard https://s47609.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/KVTA-VCPWA-20201014_GlennS-1.mp3 publicworks.venturacounty.gov
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – LOCAL MANUFACTURERS REDUCE WASTE
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | LOCAL MANUFACTURERS REDUCE WASTE, SAVE ENERGY BY USING RECYCLED WASTE Oct 7, 2020 by David Goldstein National Manufacturing Week was last week, and you probably did not realize the role you played. Of course, the market forces created by your purchases are one way you influenced manufacturing, but you…
Ventura County is applying for a grant to install rumble strips
Ventura County is applying for a grant to install rumble strips along 14 county roadways, including Creek Road near Ojai. Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter Rumble strips — those indentations in the road pavement designed to alert unattentative drivers to danger by causing noise and vibration — could be coming to one…
Innovative Projects to Move Community to New Heights
Ventura County Public Works Agency Engineering Services Work on Innovative Projects to Move Community to New Heights With $625 million dollars in project funds, Engineering Services is helping build numerous construction projects for local hospitals, libraries, and fire stations Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Engineering Services (VCPWA-ES) may not be familiar to the general public, their work…
VCPWA Encourages El Rio Residents to Fill Out Survey for Essential Community Projects
With the help of grant funding from the State of California and supporting feedback, we can continue to make our community not only better but safer for our residents.